Chapter 73 Opportunities for Recognition
At noon the next day, rest time.
White Mountain High School.
"Dong dong."
There was a knock on the door.
Sitting in the classroom office, Tōtōji raised his head and said, "Come in."
"Oh, it's Hiroki."
"Hello, supervisor."
Hearing Hiroki address him, Higashi Takuji knew that he was probably talking to him about the baseball club.
"What's wrong? Is there anything going on at the ministry?"
After organizing some words, Hiroki said seriously: "Supervisor, I plan to let Tetsu Nishino start serving as the team's main catcher!"
"Huh?" He frowned. It was not surprising that Hiroki had such thoughts. "Isn't it too early?"
Higashi Takuji's words implied that Tetsu Nishino would be the core in the future, but he was worried that putting the burden on first-year Tetsu Nishino too early would be harmful to him.
"I also considered this issue at first, but I think Zhejun can do it."
"And Zhejun is different from others. He started playing baseball too late. If he can't catch up from now on, it will be a waste of Zhejun's talent."
Hiroki's words made Totakuji hesitate.
It is true that Tetsu Nishino's baseball talent is amazing. His physical talent, understanding ability, and golf intelligence are far beyond those of his peers.
If Tetsu Nishino had started practicing baseball since he was a child instead of playing football, I'm afraid his talent would have been revealed during his youth baseball days and he would have followed the career path of those baseball players.
But in that case Tetsu Nishino might not show up at Hakusan High School, but go to baseball study abroad early in the morning and join some strong private baseball schools.
"Let's do this, I will let him play in the game before the summer meeting. If he can get the approval of everyone in the ministry, I will let him take over your position."
Higashi Takuji finally chose a compromise plan, and he was also looking forward to how far Nishino Tetsu could grow.
"By the way, have you told the third graders? It's the last summer after all. If the third graders don't agree, I won't force them to accept it."
Totoji added.
"I will convince them."
After coming out and closing the door, Hiroki took out his mobile phone. The supervisor had been convinced by him, and all he had to do next was to convince others.
Enter the senior class private chat group.
Hiroki: Let's take a closer look. I plan to let first-year Tetsu Nishino serve as the team's catcher.
Gochi Iwata:?
Arimori Shion:?
Nao Ito:?
Komada Ryusei: Senior, are you injured?
Hongshu: Not really.
Gochi Iwata: Then why? Hiroki, are you stupid?
Hiroki: I have discussed it with the supervisor. If Tetsujun can get the approval of everyone in the club when he plays in the game before the summer meeting, the supervisor will let Tetsujun take over my position.
Gochi Iwata: What are you doing? You don’t know how important the position of catcher is, right? It’s really a real man to let it go to the first grade?
Hiroki: I believe Tetsujun can do it. Tetsujun will be taken care of by everyone in the future competitions.
Gochi Iwata:......
Shion Arimori: Since both San and the supervisor agree, we don’t have any objections.
Nao Ito: Yes, let’s take a look at his performance first.
Ichikawa Kyotaro: Listen to the captain.
Kenjiro Ishida: Agreed upstairs.
Yamamoto Sakuya:I have no problem.
Seeing that everyone basically didn't have much opinion, Hiroki breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Tetsu Nishino's performance in the Kohaku battle impressed others.
Outside the window, a large area of rice fields stretches in the distance, divided into patches by a series of green and yellow field ridges.
When the breeze blows, green waves appear everywhere you look.
Hiroki quietly looked at the scenery of his hometown in front of him, feeling very good. He was looking forward to what kind of expression Nishino Tetsu would show when he knew this decision.
"Hongshu, what exactly is going on?"
The slightly irritable voice of Gochi Iwata came from behind.
"I made it very clear on my line."
"You don't really think that boy Tetsu Nishino can reach your level in three months, do you?"
"Yeah, I'm serious."
Seeing Hiroki's serious expression, Gochi Iwata knew that he would not change his decision.
Similarly, Gochi Iwata was also worried about whether he would crush Tetsu Nishino.
He said worriedly: "Well, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it. After all, our current strength cannot deal with those strong teams. Once we encounter him, that kid's mentality will collapse in minutes."
Hiroki was a little funny. He clearly remembered that Gochi Iwata kept saying next to him that Tetsu Nishino, a junior, was so good that he might not be able to play professional baseball in the future.
"Didn't you say that he has a very stable mentality?"
"That's because he hasn't met the test."
Iwata Gochi also knew that he had exaggerated Nishino Tetsu before in front of Hiroki. After all, he was the one who led the new students and he was the happiest when a good seedling emerged.
In desperation, Gochi Iwata could only say: "When the time comes, you can take care of your own juniors, and I won't care about them!"
"Go back quickly, class is about to start."
After Hiroki drove him back, he returned to the classroom to prepare for class.
Afternoon, department activity time.
Hakusan High School baseball field, batting practice area.
"Crack!"
Tetsu Nishino hit the baseball thrown by Hiroki toward the net in front. Under the guidance of his seniors, he corrected his hitting posture bit by bit.
During the break, the two of them picked up the ball and put it back into the box.
"Zhejun, I have something to tell you."
"Senior, just tell me, I will try my best to do it."
After thinking about it for a while, Hiroki decided to only tell part of it to prevent his junior from thinking too much.
"It's like this. The supervisor and I plan to let you play in a few exchange games and still serve as the catcher."
"Can I?"
Tetsu Nishino was a little surprised. When the opportunity was given to him, he hesitated.
No matter how hard I try, I can't change the reality of my lack of experience and strength. If I really let him play, will it affect the performance of other positions?
"Of course!" Hiroki said decisively.
"If we didn't believe in you, we wouldn't let you play. This is an opportunity you earned with your performance."
"What, don't you want to play?"
Shaking his head and nodding again, Tetsu Nishino didn't even know how to react, so he simply said: "Senior, I will definitely try my best to respond to everyone's expectations!"
Hiroki also laughed, and as expected, Tetsujun had this reaction.
"Senior, get up and train quickly!"
Tetsu Nishino stood up, picked up the bat and was about to go back to training. Time was running out, and he felt that he was full of energy and didn't want to rest at all.
"Hey, so fast? Sit down and rest for me!"
Hiroki grabbed Nishino Tetsu who was eager to continue training, and Hiroki couldn't laugh or cry.
Chapter completed!